REPORT OF TEMPORARY DUTY ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATRE, 6 FEBRUARY - 30 MAY 1947.

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1947
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103JECTi Report of truty Activities
6 February ZO Kar 1941.
TO t Chi el, ExploitationDrench,
Chief,
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nibs Mission
tsoreen, essisto* and
auseien docinvents- (known as
containing icaterial of value to-
the UR. For purposes of soreeni
under the terM *Coronae potential, Aver
possibilities, and the natural reeourc
potential of
eta understood
he transportation
Documentary
resourees of the Dritish Air Minietry and of document oollections in
the europeen Theatre wore included as pert of the missionAl
tented.
Deta instant,
England.
Document Control ODD%
Berlin Doaument Center, Dorlin,
7704 Military Intelligence Dervi
7769 ?. and MI. Command, Doom-est
Austria.
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OM, Frankfurt, Germany
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tv urposes. Olsen inetruet
Bi*seU,Mi.tary Attache.
2. The mina= a
Th e Central Division has,tor pra
two document collections Perti ant to
1) approximately 30 tons of unweaned deo
known ee the Nannette Collection 2) an equal
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soreeeed but unlieted and unoetalogued docents from the lams** Col-
leetion and from other sours's, comprising part of the Central Division
Library.
The Weensee Collection itself is so waled become it vas the
sollestion of deouments, pertaining to Russia and bordering countries,
need by the Berman Vannes, Institute during the war. It was evasuated
*from the It. Iembreoht monastery after the war by the Dritieh, but only
about mle-third or the collection is held by the British, the remainder
having fallen into the hands of the Russians inadvertently.
The first stop in assomplishing the mission wee to examine the
&summate ir +km togrAAAAAAA AAA*1AA Ap Ota iftnneei Collection. This ems
carried out or War Department with the
aid of two or three linguist, from the
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This portion-of the collection consisted of doeuments in various
Buropeen languages, predominantly Russian and Including German, BUegarian,
Rumanian, 20goslavian, eft. Kest of these dooumeats were of a teohnical
nature including a great deal of periodimil literature with a considerable
amount of Communist and Berzon prepagenda literature. These documents,
mment for sample copies etieh were forwarded to lber Department, were left
at and will allegedly be examined by various British official alginates, 50X1
not necessarily intelligenoe emotes only. Those not wanted will be
destroyed.
DOOUNIUte found in this collection which were of immediate in-
telligens' value were forwarded to War Department on loan if they did net
deprive the of material immediately needed by them. A great deal of
indispensable reforms") material in the nature of Russian encyslopedias
and dietionaries was also found in this uesereened oellestion.
The second step was to examine the documents in the Central Divi-
sion Library and to make valuable dominants available, to War Department.
The Oeutral Division Library on the MR has doeuments shelved &wording
to bread subject elassifisations (see Tab A). There is no list, catalogue,
or index of doouesntsJDo.mapIIts pertaining to subjects shown by the
following numbers on Tab A examined one by ones Class is General
Uterine. Rusii.A through Run .L ; Class 21 RusA.14 all of Classes
4,5, 6, 7, 11? and 9. Deouments f value were listed with bibliographical
data pertinent for future identifi time,
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A total of 400 domments were listed and assigned priority
ratings. All dormant' of immediate value for exploitation, dosuaents
held is duplicate, and &teammate selected as samples of periodical
literature that might be exploited by Special Document Neetien depending
on higher level decision, were shipped to War Department. All documents
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of leaser Value or of valuo for exploitation at o later date were ro*sholved
and *an be mad* available on request. The listing of doeumemts will also
serve as a basis for a formal card catalogue of the Central Dtvision. 50X1
Library.
- 5. The Central. Division Library collections on satellite countrios
were examinsd cursorily for look of timo and a few selections were made.
A large part of these doouments aro in the language of the respective
satellite nation and thirster* could not be scourately screened as to
quality, although translated titles gave an indication that *hers is a
food or valuable information to be gained trona more careful *crooning
of the.. documonts.
4. Various of the working +motions of the Central Division were
visited, end trOnds, methods, and doeumentsry and rotenone* matorials used
by tilos* loom notsd.1
56 Tab B is o list of translation* don* by Central Division for 50X1
internal ass, and can possibly be made available to Mar Departmont upon
request.
B. A4 Detaohment, USAF'S, U 411. Air/Air Ministry Branch
1. Reported to Colonel Paul B. Todd, Chief of At Detaohment
and woe briefed on the doom:sets situation in the Air Ministry.
2. Gorman documents are processed by &lotion A.!. 3 (c) in
the Air Ministry. The doeuments consist of these appearing on 18
aoceesion lists knows as the 10, Lists and comprise 1201 clomenteb (Tho
%moist Desument Section has roquestod portions of this previously).
Tho documents are divided roughly tato two typess 1) "target matortal"
(objective folders, annotated photographs, ete.) giving information en
individual targets, primarily industrial. (This matorial oomprisos about
two-thirds of the total nuiber of doomments.) 2) tortva/ entertal
doscribing installations of particular industries in &restor or lessor
detail. Al. $ (o) is translating all of the first typo and filing it
aosording to the Gorman target system. Two copies of the translation are
forwarded to A-2, AAF in Washington. The second *yr will be translated
and incorporated into the target files only after the "target material" has
been completely tranalostod.
Photostating of the wholo R/L collection is in process and
will bolo oemploted by tho sod of June if the normal rats of processing is
continued. Photostatic, copies of all RiL dosumeste will be forwarded to
A4 AAF. It is not possible to give a reasonable estimate for the date
of *completion of the translations.
. 5. A-2 Detaohnentuas brought up to date on summit work at EDO
and briefed on its requirements in respect to doemeents6 Detailed reports
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on A.2 document shipments to A-S AA? in Washington were pressured as well
as a detailed report on the status of the MA, material.
IV. Temporary Duty in Germany
A. Desument Control Section, 011)1, Hq WIXOM.
1. Reported to Major B. B. Bann, Chief Dosument Control Motion.
Was given a somprehensive briefing on the document situation in %many
as it perimined to EDS, by Captain Churls' Winiok of the same office.
Itinerary for visiting personnel in field document 'motions was planned.
Current dooument shipments to EDS were shown.
B. .Berlin Desvment Center, Berlin
1. Oontaoted of the Document Sections $-2
Command, in charge of prooessing documents for ODDI? Bq SODOM.
Ms entreated a large number of doeuments of potential intelligence 'value
from the varions sections of the Ministerial Documents Branoh and fraa
the sollection held by the wig), of Chief Counsel. A list of these doom-
ments was submitted and St. will request those pertinent to it, projects.
Status and availability of these documents is ascertainable. from, the list.
These doeuments have been or are being forwarded to Doeument Control Section,
=OM -and there documents of value specifieally to PDS will be forted and
forwarded to VDO. This document section was briefed in detail on VDO re-
quirements end the effort to procure documents for sre will be continued.
B. A conference with Colonel Helm, Chief, Berlin Document Center
resulted in immediate action in forwarding doeuments held by Berlin VOSEtw
meat Center to Wilitery Intelligens* Soviet, Center in Oberursel tor
transmission to Special Deoument Section.
C. ?769th Kg. and Oommand, Document Center, MIV/A UEFA Linn,
Austria.
Berlin
Bald a brief conference with CaptainMarcusi Chief, Document Center
briefing him on current EDI requirements. Documents held by the document
section were examined and a number of documents of important,* to EDI Were
found and brought to Praakfurt. The importance of shipping doeumentc:
en the USSR with attention to pm, was emphasised.
D. 7704th Military Intelligens* Service Center, Document Canter,
Oberursel, Germany
Conferred with Major Kaufman, Chief, 7704th Document Section.
(The 7704th Document Center is the agency in charge of actual shipping
of documents to the War Department.) Major KauTaan was briefed on EDO
requirements in detail and arrangements were made to insure arrival of
documents for EDS exploitation. Was shman methods of registry of documents
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investigation of targets, and a Gard file compiled by the Dootament Cater
on vented UVER domments. This oard file is based primarily an Fre Opectial
Report No. 2. A few documonts of immediato interest to !DO ogre extracted
and hand carried to ODE by Lt. Jarvinen.
Documents soncerning USSR, tabling those of special
interest to SDP, are sent to PDS only after being lent to Military MUM..
ponce ferviee Conter far exploitation.
V. Personal ?ammonia and observations
A. It is obvious that throughout the European Theatre and in Inglind,
dosument *motions arc ware of the important,* of doounents pertaining to
the USSR and further aware of the foot that they -are extensively exploit**
by Special Dooument teatime primarily as a result of Major Bartel's visit
to Europe in tho summer of 1946. All sections are aware of the foot that
those documents are to receive spatial and expedilous handling, with their
eventual repository in Epocial Document Section. Hanover, do-Quante of
importanee to RD! do not arrive at SDI. The dominants apparently are sent
but PDS hos soon vary few documents whioh have been received from Europe.
The primary object in visiting tho various doounat sections in Europe
was to brief the sections on current document requirements of War Department
and to insure special handling of 48R documents intended for IDS, mherOby
such doeuments would not be included in shipments of secendary or minor
importanoe for intelligones purposes and whereby the address would tamequive-
ally show that particular shipment was earmarked for 8D8.
B. It is felt that most dootmont ~tiaras could work mare efficiently
for War Department purposes if they were kept up to date on work being done
or projected by BEG. SDI publications apparently de not roach the sections
which could best wipedite shipment of documents to the War Departmeot.
This is particularly true in reform's* to EMIS Epecial Reports.
Outstanding in their efforts to focilitate document exploitation
in the War Department arei Captain Binick in Dominant Control Nation,
Hq. =COM tar his extensive knowledge of all aspects of dominant oollectina
in the Wurepan theatre and his unremitting efforts and interest in the
natter of providing the War Department with doommontss Mt. Somers.
Document Bestial, 84, Berlin COMMA*, for the assiduousness with:lilac*
)%ci has gathered documents from now.intolligenoe agencies; and Major laufman?
ChWt T704th DOeument Contort Military Intolligsnoe tOrvioe Center,
Obernelel, Germany for organizing a systematic method of flading,doomments
in Gorany for Woo Department purposes.
C. Loan of documents to Military Intelligenee 1011rie? Center for
exploitation should be very sarefully oaardinated with War Deportment
requirement'. As the situation now stands Military Intelligence Service
Center has unrestrioted ohoise on extracting doomats collected in
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XII fast that of the documents
held for ? Military- Inte11iencService Center
would be of i o D8 nd to the War Department The nature
and seep* of MISC projects is not
D. There ie tndJotion that a ooIietian -of a timated 30,000
ants, representLng the coiup1ets* fil.es of "Schriften dor Publikations
e fUr den Dienstgebrauch" located in Coburg is to be handed over to
for disposition. It is strongly felt that it would be to the interest
*Department to know the exact TM tar 0 range a eubjects covered by -
olleotion? ) series of 21 docurtents on the DER from this colleotion?
are basic 5.n nature and very extensivoly used in research on the USSR,
are known to Elk and A-2. Hoverthel have been 'versr- difficult to procure
in the tinit,61 States end EDF? hes only n incomplete set of tau series?
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